Michael Huff

Ten thoughts after the Chicago Bears’ season ended Sunday with a 13-9 loss to the Minnesota Vikings at TCF Bank Stadium, the eighth loss in the last 10 games and likely the end of the Marc Trestman era. 1. Has Marc Trestman been using the wrong message with the Bears for the last two seasons? Did he cling to a wonderful ideal but ultimately choose an approach that isn’t realistic in an NFL locker room? It was at the end of one of his final two seasons as an outside linebacker and rush end for the Bears that Rosevelt Colvin explained the facts of life in the NFL, at least from the player’s perspective. As Colvin saw it, each roster was made up of 53 independent...

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